Tag: Textile Fibers
Flipping the Script: full story of cotton– Against the idea of ‘basics’
The world’s first sustainable fashion museum in Amsterdam invites consumers to expand their view on cotton beyond jeans and T-shirt with the exhibition Flipping the Script
Why Animals’ images used in the fashion industry? Humane Society International
Schiaparelli is not the first one using images connected to the animal world, but what has changed today? beyond the Schiaparelli case to understand this phenomenon
Endemic design: Fernando Laposse bringing the focus back to outsourced Mexico
Fernando Laposse: «designing is not just a matter of materials». When social justice, unemployment, climate change, mass migration and violence are at stake
A planet-friendly future begins with respectful textiles: Pangaia’s case study
Accelerating toward an Earth Positive Future combining design, purpose, new and advanced technologies that build on the properties of natural materials, PANGAIA case
Flax – is it a forgotten fiber? Introducing Inflaxuation by CQ Studio
CQ Studio reinvents a material that has been around for centuries to showcase how the fashion industry can sync up with other systems to ensure long term sustainability. The flax...
From the Roman Empire to Valentino: Tyrian purple’s extraction is now sustainable
History and specifics of a century year old pigment. Valentino’s dare to create a monochrome collection that has given new lifeblood to the brand
Prada keeps on working with nylon – but searching for solutions
Italian companies fight marine pollution by giving new life to discarded fishing gear, joining hands with Prada to transform recycled nylon into high fashion
Revived long lost material that could elevate the leather industry: fish skin
An interview with Nienke Hoogvliet, conceptual designer from the Netherlands: she works with new materials with the aim to raise awareness on marine pollution
